Los Angeles California-1961: Old Woman Waving at Man in Backyard

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Old Woman Waving at Man in Backyard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment in a sun-drenched backyard in Los Angeles, California. An older man in a brown cardigan and glasses stands near a white patio table, while a woman in a brown dress smiles and waves at him. The scene features mid-century outdoor furniture, a white fence, and lush greenery, with natural sunlight casting sharp shadows. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or history projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127559748

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles home-movie requests needing a brief backyard family or social moment with older adults in a domestic outdoor setting.
Period detail: The patio furniture, white fence, modest landscaping, and 8mm color look may show early-1960s suburban backyard leisure style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged interaction as a woman smiles and waves while an older man stands nearby, suggesting a casual family-recorded moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man, a seated woman, a round white patio table, metal patio chairs, a white fence, potted plants, shrubs, and strong sunlight.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, warm color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing from a short home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, family-history insert, or transition into a sequence about mid-century leisure or aging.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday outdoor social life in a Los Angeles backyard without indicating a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Los Angeles 8mm home movie, older woman waving in backyard, mid-century patio scene, and vintage family footage with older adults.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1961 home movies, then broader 1960s backyard, patio, and family interaction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing an older man and a woman near a white patio table in a sunlit backyard. — An older man stands as a woman approaches the patio table in the backyard.

1961 Los Angeles backyard frame with a seated woman smiling toward an older man beside mid-century patio furniture. — The woman sits by the round patio table while the older man stands nearby.

1961 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a woman smiling and raising her hands while seated beside a backyard patio table. — The seated woman smiles and gestures toward the camera or nearby person.

1961 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a woman waving from a patio chair beside a white round table. — The woman waves from the patio area with the white fence and plants behind her.

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